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Hi Katydid Interesting to hear about the beer. I haven't been banded yet (first appointment next week with Stephen Watson) but I thought I had read somewhere that beer could not be tolerated. I too love a beer on a hot or a cold day. Although I don't drink much beer I feel there is nothing like it. I believe fizzy drinks of most kinds can't be tolerated either. I am at the stage where I am thinking should I or should I not go ahead with the lapbanding and am still focussing on what I can and can't have to eat/drink. Cherry Blue has very kindly been speaking with me and enthusing about the benefits of the weight loss and I think that that is where I will have to focus my thoughts. It's best not to dwell on what will be lacking in my life after banding but instead to think about the positive health and appearance benefits. A friend of mine who is in AA and who works with addicted people said that what is a priority in my life at the moment will no longer be a priority in my life in the future and I will still be happy. She also said that I will feel so differently about myself that I will be a new person. Still, reading about getting sick, etc. is making me think twice. However, everyone's different and I won't know until I do it. Cheers.

Hi Cherry Blue, I read your reply to Katy Did and see you are from Perth and are about the same age as me. Even though this site is very helpful I would love to speak with someone like yourself you is down the track and is successful. Any chance of being able to email you or talk on phone? Or anyone else from Perth? I am seeing Stephen Watson in October for 1st appt.